Responding to Bloggers, Mika Offers Empty Apology for Insulting Rosie
UPDATE 6-20; Joe cites NewsBusters: At 6:07 am EDT on June 20, Joe Scarborough cited NewsBusters as the blog that had criticized Mika Brzezinski as a snob for her comments about Rosie. He added that yesterday the blog had called Mika on her "half-a--ed" apology.View video here of Joe discussing NB's criticism of Mika.Yesterday, in Mika's Snobby Sneer, we reported on the elitist swipe that Mika…
Day Before Father's Day, WashPost Mocked Dads for Making Stuff Up
I caught this over the weekend but my Internet connection at home was spotty. Today I see that Patrick Ishmael of "News Buckit" caught it too and was as offended as I was:Hey dads, Happy Father's Day from the Washington Post! Its message: You're not as smart as your kids think.
Mika's Snobby Sneer: Rosie Would Look Too Much Like 'Price is Right' C
A staple of "Morning Joe" banter is the eponymous Joe Scarborough's teasing of newsreader-cum-co-host Mika Brzezinski over her fancy upbringing as the daughter of former Carter NSA Zbigniew Brzezinski. Defending herself against the elitist charge on the MSNBC show this morning, Mika twice referred to herself as having grown up among "Polish hillbillies."But when it came to commenting on popular…
PBS Explores Separation of Church and State in New Documentary
This may come as a surprise to many religious Americans in the country: PBS this month is broadcasting a documentary presenting both sides of the controversial issue of the “separation of church and state.”As many of you know, this has been an ongoing debate for decades as to when this term first appeared, and what the Founding Fathers’ intent truly was concerning government involvement in…
Happy Father's Day Video Tribute
To all the dads, grandfathers, and great-grandfathers out there, here's a brief video that you all deserve.Happy Father's Day!
NY Times' Father's Day Gift to Illegals
On this Father's Day, while men across the land generate enthusiasm for a tie, or a clock in the form of a golf ball, illegal immigrants get a much juicier present from the New York Times in the form of a tear-jerker of an op-ed column. For the Times, there is, palpably, no subject that cannot be turned into an ode to illegality.In Impounded Fathers, Edwidge Danticat tells the stories of various…
Former Time Columnist: Illegal Immigrants Should Get Bonuses Not Fines
Over the years, former Time columnist Barbara Ehrenreich has made some truly preposterous assertions in her many books and articles.However, this piece might go down as her most insipid.Writing for The Nation on June 12, the mother of Los Angeles Times columnist Rosa Brooks stated the following (h/t NBer misterbill, emphasis added throughout):Undocumented workers shouldn't be fined; they should…
NBC Leaves ‘Uhs’ in Duncan Hunter Quote to Make Him Sound Foolish
How many times have you read a quote from a major political figure that included words like “uh” or “um?”Not often, right? Typically, journalists omit such disfluent pauses when citing America’s leaders in order to not make them look foolish.After all, the vast majority of people commonly use such utterances to fill the silence as they assemble their thoughts. But, you rarely see them left in an…
Liberal Writer: U.S. Left Is America's Elite
One of the more persistent myths in this country is that lower income people are liberals. Anyone who's spent more than a weekend in the Midwest, South, or West can tell you that in many places, it's the richer neighborhoods that tend to vote Democrat.The fact that the left now has money (and lots of it) has significant benefits for it but there are downsides, especially if you're one of those…
I Want My GoreTV: MTV Launches New Global Warming Alarmism Campaign
Just in case our kids weren’t getting enough global warming alarmism from their teachers and the mainstream media, MTV announced Wednesday that it will be further brainwashing youth with junk science about the planet’s imminent doom.How might that change Mark Knopfler’s fabulous “Money For Nothing” lyrics and video?Before we get to that, here’s how Variety reported this announcement (h/t Tim…
